Reel and Slide (Jan-Sep 1919)

22 REEL and SLIDE iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinuiiiiiiimiiifiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ Here and There luiuuBiiifflDiiniiiiiniiraiiiniiimiiimnuraJiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiui St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Pekin, 111., is holding stereopticon lectures on religious subjects. Recently "The Last Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul" was given. A lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, was delivered recently at Salem Lutheran Church, Buffalo, N. Y., by Rev. Daniel Kleist, his subject being, "The Work of the Lutheran Church Among the Boys Under the Flag." The three reel educational moving picture, "For All Humanity," is being exhibited on the Pacific Coast in various institutions. It was produced and is being distributed bv the Red Cross. Three reels of motion pictures, loaned by the Red Cross, were recently used to illustrate a lecture given by Dr. Arthur J. Francis of Chicago at the Grand Theater, Marion, Ohio. A depiction in both words and colorful lantern slides of the South Sea Islands and their people was given late in December by Mme. Renee Brown of Paris, France, before the members of the Historical society and a few friends in the Historical building, Buffalo, N. Y. This was the fourth in the series of interesting evenings arranged by that organization, under the direction of President Henry W. Hill and Secretary Frank H. Severance. "Calling on the Cannibals," was the unique subject of Mme. Brown's discourse Mme. Brown showed the process of growing cocoanuts and drying them, which is the chief industry of the Samoan group of islands. Other pictures showed the Canadian Rockies, Kilauea, the famous volcano of the Sandwich Islands, and other interesting scenes. The pictures were taken by Burton Holmes, a member of whose party Mme. Brown was, and who appears in several pictures in native costume. A stereopticon lecture, "Country Life Versus City Life," consisting of ISO slides, was featured at the Oak Street Methodist Church, Binghamton, N. Y., by Rev. Harry J. Rines. The scenes were taken by Rev. Rines himself. Moving pictures and stereopticon slides took an important place on the program of the Nineteenth New York Conference of Charities and Corrections at Hotel Powers, Rochester, December 10. Duglas C. McMurtrie, director of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, read the report of his committee and talk on "Restoring the Disabled to Self-Support." His address will be illustrated with lantern slides and motion pictures. Curtis E. Lakeman, assistant director general of civilian relief for the Red Cross, read a paper on "The Role of the Red Cross Home Service in the After Care of Disabled Soldiers and Sailors," and Charles F. F. Campbell, assistant director of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind in Balti more, gave an illustrated talk on "Making Blinded Soldiers Self Dependent." Pictures were used by Dr. L. D. Ricketts to illustrate his lecture before the Engineers' Club of San Francisco on copper production. The films were made at Arizona copper mines. A moving picture showing in detail the various processes of paper making was projected for the commercial classes in the auditorium of School I, Albany, N. Y. The films were made at the Huyck Mill, Albany. What are called "noon meetings" are being held daily for the benefit of the workmen in blacksmith shops at West Albany, N. Y., moving pictures and lantern slides being an important part of each program. The Rochester, N. Y., Board of Health is circulating a motion picture film showing the proper care of the teeth, for the benefit of the children in the schools. Chief of Police Lewis Harthill of Minneapolis appeared as a lecturer in December. He delivered for the first time his lecture on "Vice — Who Profits and Who Pays," at the Minneapolis Auditorium as a benefit for striking telephone operators, illustrated by more than 100 stereopticon slides, many of which showed pictures of hovels and brown stone fronts in Minneapolis where vice has been uncovered in police raids during Harthill's term as chief. Central Park Methodist Church, St. Paul, Minn., Rev. Bergstahler, pastor, has begun a movement to provide instructive and elevating motion pictures each week for the people of the community. The eight-reel photo play, "Belgium, the Kingdom of Grief," was shown1 at the church on the first program. This film had previously had a run at the Summit Theater, where it was exhibited under the auspices of the Free Milk for France , committee. No admission is charged, but a silver offering was taken. Proceeds from %e performance will be devoted to community service and educational work among children. The Rhode Island School of Design gave a free illustrated lecture by Richard Deming Hollington, Ph. D., on "The Same Old Japan," on Wednesday evening, January 22, in Memorial Hall, Providence. A lecture, illustrated by motion pictures, was given in the High School Auditorium, McHenry, 111., on the history of Illinois. A lecture, "The Passion Play," illustrated by lantern slides, was given by Rev. Dr. R. O. White of Chicago at the Masonic Temple, Springfield, 111., in connection with St. John's Day celebration. A stereopticon address on "Where Allenbv Won" was given by Rev. E. E. Craig in the vestry of the church at Attleboro, Mass., recently. The Settlement of New England by the Pilgrim Fathers was the subject of a lantern slide lecture given in the First Congregational Church, Manchester, N. H., on Forefathers' Day. Rev. Frank Abbott gave an illustrated lecture, "Springtime in Japan," with colored slides, in the Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn., in January. An illustrated lecture, "Paris, Versailles and the Peace Conference," was featured on the program of the Church of the Messiah, Buffalo, N. Y., recently. At the Vineville Baptist Church, Macon, Ga., Rev. Reuben A. Torrey, Jr., who has been a missionary in China for a number of years, gave an address illustrated with views of the country and mission work. Mr. Torrey has given special study to the problems he presents. Food Administrator Hoover announces that moving picture films will be widely used to encourage school gardens throughout the United States this coming year. The Center Congregational Church, Haverhill, Mass., is projecting educational motion pictures at weekly church entertainments. Lectures illustrated by charts, lantern slides and demonstrations were given by the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company in the towns of Western New York during the first half of January. The subjects were agriculture, horticulture, gardening and home conveniences. The lecturers were all persons of much experience in the lines on which they spoke. A new set of films secured by the municipal recreation committee of South Bend., Ind., were shown for the first time recently at the Oliver school, that city. The films include "The First Christmas," "A Christmas Accident," and a cartoon picture, "Doc Yak and Santa Claus." These pictures will also be shown at the Studebaker school, at the Muessel, the Coquillard, Lincoln and River Park. Heart of 33 hours' old embryo, showing course of blood. —From the American Museum of Natural History Film. Stars Filmed in Home Life Douglas Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, John Emerson, Anita Loos and other star players and writers are among the star releases of the Educational Films Corporation, beginning the second week in January. These players are not booked in feature productions, but in journalistic reports of their home and studio activities. James R. Quirk, publisher of Photoplay Magazine, caught 'em off their guard in imposed attitudes and self-directed personal doings and snapped them in the so-called Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement.